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Psalms 88
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1(89) [A Psalm] of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord , for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth to all generations.
1O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I swore to David my servant.
3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. Pause.
4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints.
5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.
8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10You have brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you have scattered your enemies.
10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
11The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14Justice and judgment are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
14Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.